One difference between East and West requires a birds-eye perspective and a clear night sky: Seen from above, street lights in the former East Berlin appear slightly more orange while those in the ...

Now East and West are virtually indistinguishable, though cross a street in Berlin and you’ll see a quaint echo of Communist yesterday: the now cherished little green and red men called ...

TRAMS TO THE EAST. Berlin’s complex public transportation system — composed of buses, subway trains, commuter railways and trams — was strictly divided between East and West until reunification.

Wall divided East and West Germany for 28 years. West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall, Nov. 11, 1989, as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section of the wall in order ...

The heavily fortified border —the Berlin Wall— plugged the last gap between East and West. On Nov. 9, 1989, the border was opened, and the Berlin Wall ceremoniously came down as the world watched.

West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall early Nov. 11, 1989, as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section of the wall between East and West Berlin. Gerard Malie/AFP via ...

With Khrushchev`s blessing, East German leader Erich Honecker started construction of a 27.9-mile wall across the city, along with 74.5 miles of wall separating West Berlin from the rest of East ...

East German soldiers monitored the barriers 24/7, conducted surveillance on West Berlin, and had shoot-to-kill orders should they spot an escapee. People did try to escape.

This Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 photo, shows a manhole cover surviving from communist times in Berlin, when Volkseigene Betriebe, or Publicly Owned Enterprises, manufactured manhole covers for East ...